Publications Overview - Conjuring Archive

The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Ha...
220 pages, 2016, 50 entries

Publications written under other names: John Lovick.

Street Cups and Balls
69 pages, 2004, 33 entries

Those Little Things and a Bird
53 pages, 2025, 12 entries

Who is this Dr. Jaks? — The Dr. Jaks Lecture
11 pages, 1951, 8 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1999	Completely Mental — Vol. 2	A Kick to the One-A... Head	Jas Jakutsch*	Jas Jakutsch*	30	15
1999	Completely Mental — Vol. 3	Divide and Conquer	Jas Jakutsch*	Jas Jakutsch*	17	6
1999	Completely Mental — Vol. 1	Three 4 One	Jas Jakutsch*	Jas Jakutsch*	29	14

Publications written under other names: Gary Kurtz.

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1941 ca.	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks		Stewart James	Various	400	169
1944	Jamesosophy	Number 1	Stewart James	Stewart James	7	4
1954	First Call To Cards		Stewart James	Stewart James	24	12
1954	The Nullifactor	A Series of Card Effects Based on a Single Principle	Francis Haxton, Stewart James	Stewart James	8	11
1957	Magic Mine No. 1	Original Tricks	Stewart James	Stewart James	28	13
1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II		Stewart James	Various	308	118

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1990	Pasteboard Perpensions		Wesley James	Wesley James	80	31
1990	Stop Fooling Us Lecture Notes	Newly Revised and Illustrated, Second Edition	Wesley James	Wesley James	54	28
1997	The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James	Close-up Expert Shares his Magical Thoughts	Wesley James	Wesley James	98	34
1998	Pristine	The Cleanest — Easiest — Most Magical — The Most Co...	Wesley James	Wesley James	41	8
2000	Ambitious Undertaking	Notes on The Ambitious Card Plot	Wesley James	Wesley James	17	9
2004	Enchantments	Magic for Cards and Hands	Wesley James	Wesley James	491	205
2011	Avant-Cards	Original Sleight of Hand	Wesley James	Tom Gagnon	202	72

Out of the Blue — Words of Wonder and Wisdom
8 pages, 2026, 7 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1967 (ca.)	The Astor-Deck	Das Wunder-Kartenspiel	Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky	Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky	11	17
2001	Outer Space Cards		Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky	Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky	8	1

Just Joshin' — Lecture Notes 2017
34 pages, 2017, 12 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1998	A Teen's Routines	A booklet filled with insight and invention from the mind...	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	70	26
1999	Magic Atlas		Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	177	60
1999	A Teen's Routines	Updated and Expanded	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	44	18
2005	Overlap		Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	142	37
2005	Sleight of Hand and a Twist of Fate		Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	67	25
2007	Five Forty Seven	A Companion Volume to Session: The Magic Joel Givens	Joshua Jay	Joel Givens	65	15
2007	Session	The Magic of Joel Givens	Joshua Jay	Joel Givens	277	51
2008	Under, Over	An Inside Guide for Young Magicians and their Parents	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	91	26
2010	Moments	More Superlative Magic From Troy Hooser	Joshua Jay	Troy Hooser	137	50
2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1		Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin	Jay Sankey	512	331
2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2		Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin	Jay Sankey	543	329
2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3		Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin	Jay Sankey	552	340
2019	Triptych	Retreat 2019: Costa Rica	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	93	10
2020	Magic by the Numbers	Astonishing Essays 10	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	103	28
2022	Reaching Into Flames	A Glorious Tribute to Myself and My Ideas (Retreat 2022: ...	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	82	12
2022	A Particle System Sampler	Retreat 2022: Western Adventure	Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	80	17
2022	Talk About Tricks	The Complete File 2001-2013	Joshua Jay	Various	1,294	1,086
2024	Particle System		Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	276	117
2024	Particle System — Notebook		Joshua Jay	Joshua Jay	70	28
2025	A Japanese Wonder	Retreat 2025: Japan	Joshua Jay	Ken Niinuma	45	9

Fred Kaps
52 pages, 1988, 15 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1998	Ultimate Bill in Lemon		Jon Jensen	Robert E. Olson	18	5
1998	The Rising Card Book	12 Dynamite Rising Card Effects	Jon Jensen	Jon Jensen	42	13

The New Phoenix
230 pages, 1954-1960, 551 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
2002	7 Deceptions		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	53	14
2003	Building Blocks		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	162	34
2004	The Coral Fang		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	40	12
2018	Reincarnation	Jermay's General Person Ploy	Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	71	8
2019	Lecture Notes		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	70	5
2022	Marking System: You're Only Lying To Yourself		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	8	2
2022	Ways to Think About & Develop Magic	The Cylinder & Coins — A Critical Examination	Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	91	15
2023	From The Shadows		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	48	11
2023	Touching on Hoy	Retreat 2023: Tuscany	Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	42	3
2024	The Hummingbirds		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	56	3
2025	Art, Ruse & Subterfuge		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	26	5
2026	An Educated Deck of Playing Cards		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	12	3
2026	The Magnetic Cards		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	9	1
2026	A Mystery With an Egg		Luke Jermay	Luke Jermay	20	1

The Lemniscate
114 pages, 1994-1996, 63 entries

The Time Traveller — A Magician Before His Time — Volume 1
91 pages, 2018, 23 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1970	The Roy Johnson Experience		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	76	21
1970	The Roy Johnson Lecture Notes		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	22	6
1971	Second Time Around		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	84	25
1976	Extra Lecture		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	17	9
1977	Third Dimension		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	89	24
1979	Final Call		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	68	20
1980	Jedermanns Karten + Drei Knüller	"ZZM"-Zauberbibliothek Band 5	Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	38	15
1984	A World of Clocks		Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	19	7
1989	Silver Special	The Lost Treasure of Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	92	28
1990	Snap	The Unique Visible Paper to Banknote	Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	8	1

Practical Impossibilities — for the informed close-up worker
108 pages, 1976, 56 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1987-2005	Opus		David Britland, Johnny "J.J." Johnston, Ian Keable-Elliott, Chris Power	Various	1,090	613
1990	Laid Back in Graz 1990	Das Chris Power & Johnny Johnston Seminar	Johnny "J.J." Johnston, Chris Power	Johnny "J.J." Johnston, Chris Power	44	20

The Truth 真相 — Lecture Notes
40 pages, 2017, 11 entries

Chan Canasta — Afterthoughts
13 pages, 2001, 3 entries

Ahead of the Pack — A Summit Meeting in the Rarefied Atmosphere
288 pages, 2002, 93 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1970-1993	Magick		Bascom Jones	Various	2,482	2,250
1982	The Magic of the Cube	Featuring Magic and Mentalism for Stage and Close Up	Various, Bascom Jones	Various	32	28
1991	MindFields	The 1991 Meeting of the Minds	Bascom Jones	Various	88	51

Parlour Tricks
356 pages, 2020, 43 entries

Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
31 pages, 1911, 16 entries

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1973	S.B.S. Same Both Sides	A Unique Book of Card Tricks	Lloyd E. Jones	Various	43	36
1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan		Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, Tan Hock Chuan, Lloyd E. Jones, Aldini	Tan Hock Chuan	46	56

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1919/1920	Thirty Card Mysteries		Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	80	56
1920	Ten New Pocket Tricks	The Ten New Tricks Series — Number Five	Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	22	11
1920	Ten New Prepared Card Tricks	The Ten New Tricks Series — Number Four	Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	24	15
1920	Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks	The Ten New Tricks Series — Number One	Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	24	16
1920	Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks	The Ten New Tricks Series — Number Three	Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	23	13
1920	Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks	The Ten New Tricks Series — Number Two	Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	23	17
1947	The Four Full Hands		Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	40	67
1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks		Karl Fulves*, Charles T. Jordan	Charles T. Jordan	320	346

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1936	A Practical Lesson on Cups and Balls		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	7	19
1938	Intuitional Sight		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	20	18
1939	The Astral Diviner		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	3	3
1939	Strictly Magic		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	17	6
1940 / 1992	How to Pick Pockets for Fun and Profit	A Magician's Guide to Pickpocket Magic	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	62	20
1940 ca.	Original Tricks	Supplement to No. 13 Catalogue	Percy Abbott, Eddie Joseph	Percy Abbott, Eddie Joseph	20	15
1941	How Gamblers Win	A complete "Gambler Expose" Act developed by the author	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	23	25
1942	Coin and Money Magic		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	116	141
1942	Greater Card Tricks		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	101	93
1942	The Last Word on Cups and Balls		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	69	88
1947	Heart Throb	A Miracle Card Effect	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	9	2
1949	Mail Mentalism		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	7	2
1949	Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	12	6
1949	Thought Interception		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	9	1
1949	Staggered	A Sensational Card Mystery	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	11	13
1949 ca.	15 Exciting Minutes with a Borrowed Deck		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	12	7
1950	The Art of Body Loading & Productions		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	63	37
1950	Card Bonanza		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	13	6
1950	Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards	No Skill - No Sleights - No Moves	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	15	13
1951	More Dumbfounders with Cards	17 Non-Sleight Card Effects	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	26	16
1951	The Joseph Levitation	An Astounding Levitation of Two Tumblers	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	3	1
1951	The Invisible Influence	The No Touch Card Act	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	14	2
1952	Hitting the Headlines		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	7	1
1952	Quadruplicate		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	4	2
1952	Tricks for Informal Occasions	40 Original Tricks	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	32	43
1952	Imposible	An Unbelievable Mystery	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	2	1
1952	Bombay	The World's Greatest Card Trick	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	10	9
1954	A Magician Goes to Dinner		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	27	30
1956	The Hindu Cups	An Expose of the Greatest Mystery in the Orient	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	48	6
1959	Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar		Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	14	14
1959	Memory of the Mind	An Innovation in Mentalism	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	23	14
1959	The Manual of The Three Shell Game	The technique of the Three Shell Game and Three Complete ...	Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	30	35
1969	The Art of Eddie Joseph		Hugh Miller, Eddie Joseph	Eddie Joseph	349	85

Year	Title	Subtitle	Author	Artist	Pages	Entries
1982	"The Overhand Shuffle" Action Palm		George Joseph	Bob Stencel	4	2
1982	Hand Mucking	The Art of Switching Cards in Play	George Joseph	George Joseph	51	17

The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
230 pages, 1997, 23 entries

Die Daumenfesselung — Magisches Spezialthema Nr. 8
24 pages, 1983, 3 entries

Sui — Géneris
332 pages, 2023, 31 entries

Every Card You Take — I'll Be Watching You
87 pages, 2021, 22 entries

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Josh Janousky 1

Joshua Jay 20

Freddie Jelsma 1

Jon Jensen 2

Norman Jensen 1

Luke Jermay 14

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Eddie Joseph 33

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